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I was raised Mormon. That's a religion that dictates just about every aspect of the followers' lives. Most of my social life was constructed around the church. I still have a lot of friends there and…Continue

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"Thank you so much, it really means a lot to me. Although I don't plan to make a career out of it, teaching is something that I realized I enjoyed.
In fact, I actually was able to teach the way I wanted to for the past year because I also held a…"

"I became an atheist 3 years ago, during my last year of saturday russian school at the orthodox church where I grew up. I got a job there as a teacher's assistant/teacher for two years, and now I'm going off to college. I'm kind of…"

Can the North Korean cult of personality be called a religion? It does demand worship, establishes authority figures, and invokes the supernatural. I've heard some people, mostly religious arguing that atheism leads to moral collapse, that the Kim family and their party are spreading atheism. I think it's accurate to call it a religion. I was wondering if the AAI could do something for North Koreans. Then I remembered that it would probably just get some people sent to concentration camps. See More

"I empathize with you D Craig. In this small AZ town, I am active with the local LGBT rights/support group, PFLAG and I am an out Lesbian and Atheist to PFLAG and my family, friends. There is only 1 true Open-And-Affirming church here (UCC) and they…"

"Yes, that wonderful gift of FAITH. That's the thing that you just cannot define. If god didn't give you faith (or didn't heal you) probably you have hidden sin in your life. Faith is the essence of doodly doo. Bet you don't know…"

"Yeah I heard things like that. Stuff like "you have to want to believe. Pray harder for the gift of faith." A lot of my friends even told me that in my high school days I was an example to them because of my faith and that it was a shame…"

"Did any of your religious teachers say faith is a gift, and perhaps add that the gift isn't given to everyone?
Several nuns said that during my twelve years in Catholic schools.
They made my quitting easier because I was able to tell people…"

"I have to be friendly to the religious community for employment purposes. Everyone knows I no longer go to church, and a few know I once studied for the ministry. Some know me as atheist, and some do not. The thing now is that I am still very vocal…"

"Yeah my family is sure that it's just phase. My aunt says "he's an atheist... well, he likes to call himself an atheist." That's a bit irritating.
I had the missionaries come to one of the Secular Student Alliance…"

"If you were president of the Secular Student Alliance (right?), you are out. People who have known you for some time may not realize what the SSA is, but the information is at their fingertips. Friends and family may rationalize your…"

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Statesboro

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I was raised Mormon and was always pretty devout. I did the missionary thing in Sweden and came home December 2010. I left religion about a year and a half after that and immediately got involved with the Secular Student Alliance chapter at my University. I recently started an internship with Atheist Alliance International